Last year was undoubtedly the ‘year of the hack’. Numerous high-profile cyber attacks caused cybersecurity to enter into the public consciousness, making more and more people aware of the need to protect their businesses.

If you search for ‘GDPR’ on Google, you’ll get more than five million search results. Even a more targeted search for ‘GDPR for marketers’ will get you more than one hundred thousand. There’s a lot of information on GDPR out there, sure, but not all of it is reliable.

In 2016 cyber crime affected over 2.9 million companies in the UK at a total cost of £29.1 million. Despite this, UK workers fail to adequately protect their data and devices and businesses prioritise productivity and convenience over security.

Keeping IT productive with minimal downtime can sometimes feel like doing rounds with Mike Tyson - especially if you’re a small business with limited resources. Whether it’s a technology failure, human error or external threat - you fix one thing; then another comes at you.